When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.